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Saratoga Race Course is located in the resort town of Saratoga Springs, in upstate New York.
Saratoga opened in 1863, and is the fourth oldest racetrack in the US.
Saratoga features a 1 ⅛ mile dirt racetrack, a 1 mile turf track, and a 7 furlong inner turf course.
Saratoga runs during the summer, with the meet ending around Labor Day. The Saratoga meet originally lasted only four days, but the meet has been lengthened gradually to reach 40 days in 2019.
Saratoga is most famous for the Travers Stakes, the longest running horse race in America. Other major stakes races held at Saratoga include the Alabama Stakes, the Hopeful Stakes and the Whitney Handicap.
Saratoga has earned the nicknames Graveyard of Champions and House of Upsets due to famous horses suffering defeats there. Among the famous horses to lose at the track are Man O’ War, who lost to the appropriately named Upset. Secretariat and American Pharoah also famously lost races at Saratoga.
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| Date | Race | Grade | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Jul 11 | Quick Call | III | $100,000 |
| Thursday, Jul 11 | Schuylerville | III | $150,000 |
| Friday, Jul 12 | Forbidden Apple | III | $150,000 |
| Saturday, Jul 13 | Diana | I | $500,000 |
| Saturday, Jul 13 | Sanford | III | $150,000 |
| Sunday, Jul 14 | Coronation Cup | $100,000 | |
| Wednesday, Jul 17 | Rick Violette (NYB) | $100,000 | |
| Thursday, Jul 18 | Stillwater (NYB) | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Jul 19 | Lake George | III | $150,000 |
| Saturday, Jul 20 | Caress | $200,000 | |
| Saturday, Jul 20 | Coaching Club American Oaks | I | $500,000 |
| Sunday, Jul 21 | Shuvee | III | $200,000 |
| Wednesday, Jul 24 | Honorable Miss Handicap | II | $200,000 |
| Wednesday, Jul 24 | NYSS Cab Calloway Division (R) | $150,000 | |
| Thursday, Jul 25 | A. P. Smithwick Memorial (Steeplechase) | I | $150,000 |
| Thursday, Jul 25 | John Morrissey (NYB) | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Jul 26 | Curlin (R) | $100,000 | |
| Saturday, Jul 27 | Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap | I | $350,000 |
| Saturday, Jul 27 | Bowling Green | II | $250,000 |
| Saturday, Jul 27 | Jim Dandy | II | $600,000 |
| Sunday, Jul 28 | Amsterdam | II | $200,000 |
| Wednesday, Jul 31 | NYSS Statue of Liberty Division (R) | $150,000 | |
| Wednesday, Jul 31 | Shine Again (R) | $100,000 | |
| Thursday, Aug 01 | Birdstone | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 02 | Alydar (R) | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 02 | National Museum of Racing Hall Of Fame | II | $200,000 |
| Friday, Aug 02 | Saratoga Oaks | $750,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 03 | Fasig-Tipton De La Rose (R) | $100,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 03 | Fasig-Tipton Lure (R) | $100,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 03 | Longines Test | I | $500,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 03 | Troy | III | $200,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 03 | Whitney (BC) | I | $1,000,000 |
| Sunday, Aug 04 | Adirondack | II | $200,000 |
| Sunday, Aug 04 | Fasig-Tipton Waya | III | $200,000 |
| Sunday, Aug 04 | Saratoga Derby | $1,000,000 | |
| Wednesday, Aug 07 | Evan Shipman (NYB) | $100,000 | |
| Wednesday, Aug 07 | Mahony | $100,000 | |
| Thursday, Aug 08 | Saratoga Dew (NYB) | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 09 | Tale of the Cat (R) | $100,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 10 | Fourstardave Handicap (BC) | I | $500,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 10 | Saratoga Special | II | $200,000 |
| Sunday, Aug 11 | Galway | $100,000 | |
| Wednesday, Aug 14 | Bolton Landing | $100,000 | |
| Thursday, Aug 15 | Union Avenue (NYB) | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 16 | Skidmore | $100,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 17 | Alabama | I | $600,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 17 | Lake Placid | II | $200,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 17 | Smart N Fancy | $100,000 | |
| Sunday, Aug 18 | Summer Colony (R) | $100,000 | |
| Wednesday, Aug 21 | John's Call (R) | $100,000 | |
| Thursday, Aug 22 | New York Turf Writers Cup Steeplechase | I | $150,000 |
| Thursday, Aug 22 | Riskaverse (R) | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 23 | Albany (NYB) | $250,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 23 | Fleet Indian (NYB) | $200,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 23 | Funny Cide (NYB) | $200,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 23 | Seeking the Ante (NYB) | $200,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 23 | West Point | $150,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 23 | Yaddo (NYB) | $150,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | Forego | I | $600,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | H. Allen Jerkens Memorial | I | $500,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | Ballerina (BC) | I | $500,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | Personal Ensign | I | $700,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | Travers | I | $1,250,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | Sword Dancer (BC) | I | $850,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 24 | Ballston Spa | II | $400,000 |
| Sunday, Aug 25 | Better Talk Now (R) | $100,000 | |
| Wednesday, Aug 28 | With Anticipation | III | $150,000 |
| Thursday, Aug 29 | P. G. Johnson | $100,000 | |
| Friday, Aug 30 | Lucky Coin (R) | $100,000 | |
| Saturday, Aug 31 | Glens Falls | II | $250,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 31 | Prioress | II | $250,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 31 | Saranac | III | $200,000 |
| Saturday, Aug 31 | Woodward | I | $750,000 |
| Sunday, Sep 01 | Spinaway | I | $350,000 |
| Monday, Sep 02 | Bernard Baruch Handicap | II | $250,000 |
| Monday, Sep 02 | Hopeful | I | $350,000 |
Saratoga Race Course opened in 1863 in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is known as ‘The Spa’ or the ‘Graveyard of Champions’ and is a popular summer destination for horse racing fans the world over.
Saratoga’s stakes schedule is a robust calendar of stakes races, featuring the Travers Stakes. As the oldest major thoroughbred horse race in America, it has been nicknamed the Midsummer Derby, and pits the greatest three-year-old horses against each other. The Hopeful stakes for two year olds and the Whitney Handicap are also prominent races that attract top class horses. Overall, the 40 day meet will have racing Wednesdays through Sundays and will feature 76 stakes worth $20.85 million from opening day on Thursday, July 11 through Labor Day, September 2.
Saratoga’s main track is a dirt oval of 1 ⅛ miles. The turf course is one mile, and they also have a 7 furlong inner turf course. A popular feature of Saratoga is the Oklahoma training track, which was originally a harness racing track before hosting the inaugural Saratoga thoroughbred meet. The track that is used today opened the next year in 1864.
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